A driveway gate is a fence that moves, which is why it fails differently. We size the frame, the footing and the hinge to the actual weight of the leaf, not to a standard post depth.
Get a Free QuoteA 14ft cedar-clad leaf can weigh several hundred pounds and it hangs off one post. Set that post like a fence post and it will lean inside a year, and once it leans the gate drags, the latch stops meeting and the opener starts straining.
We build gate posts as structure: oversized bell footings below the active clay, steel gate frames welded square, and adjustable hinges so the leaf can be trued after the concrete has fully cured.
Single or double leaf. The classic choice where you have the swing room and a level approach.
No track on the ground, nothing to jam with debris. The answer for sloped or narrow approaches.
A steel frame behind cedar cladding so it matches the fence but keeps its shape.
Powder-coated steel for visibility, airflow and a longer maintenance interval.
Driveway gates in Dallas County split into two jobs. In Preston Hollow and the Park Cities it is usually a short, level approach where a double swing looks right and the constraint is matching a masonry column already on site. Out toward Sunnyvale, Seagoville and the acreage east of the county, approaches are long and rarely level, and a cantilever slide avoids fighting the grade. Both share the same enemy: the black gumbo clay that swells and shrinks under the gate post. We take gate footings well below the active zone, because a gate post that moves half an inch is a gate that no longer latches.
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